Sasha Cagen
I'm a freelance writer and marketer
Women's interests, single women, personal + human development, technology + human behavior, travel, politics, sexuality
San Francisco Gate
Chlidless in Bernal Heights
Spend an afternoon in Bernal, and the nickname makes sense. There's an infinite variety of pre- and post-natal yoga classes at Bernal Yoga; a store that sells recycled children's clothing, toys, and baby gear; live music for kids at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center on Saturday mornings; a grocery store that showcases kids' artwork on its bulletin board; and a seemingly endless supply of posters for the Maternity Xchange on telephone poles that are now brainwashing me, through sheer repetition, into thinking I should be buying maternity clothes.
The Huffington Post
Five Reasons to Travel Alone
Traveling alone still gives me a thrill -- but it's not scary anymore, I've done it so much. The sense of risk and heightened reward is what draws me to it....
The Huffington Post
Is Tango Better Than Sex?
A tangasm is not a climax in the way we think of an "orgasm." There is no particular moment of release. The tangasm is not about how it looks, it's about how it feels. A tangasm is a moment of total connection coupled with full-body pleasure, bodies swirling with each...
The Huffington Post
The Public Health Crisis No One Is Talking About
Imagine there is a food additive that slowly poisons you and can even kill you. Now imagine you have no way of knowing whether it is in your foods. Three million American celiacs and I find myself in this situation....
The Huffington Post
What if My Life Didn't Go According to 'The Plan'?
We may have biological clocks when it comes to having children, but we have no expiration date on our ability to grow. If we want to evolve in our ability to love (or create, or learn to be contentedly single), the most important thing is the word "want."...
San Francisco Gate
At fashion Web site Stylemob.com, everybody's a critic
Why, he mused, with all the fashion blogs and social networking hot spots on the Internet, wasn't there a Web site showing what costumes all those thousands of people were wearing out there in the street? [...] what if the pictures were submitted by everyday people who wanted to show...
The Huffington Post
The Single Inferiority Complex (SIC)
The Single Inferiority Complex describes the often-nagging feeling that single (and sometimes childless) people have that their lives, and even their very selves, just do not measure up to those who are in partnership (or who are parents)....
Wired
12 Tales of Getting It On in the Digital Age
This is how we do it today. Get ready to plug in, turn on, and get off....
Women's Health Magazine
Refuse to Settle
It was a Sunday afternoon in November, and I was about to meet bachelor number four in my new campaign to be open-minded about the possibilities of online dating. As I biked to meet Tom at a teahouse, I promised myself I would not expect immediate lust. Maybe it was...
The Huffington Post
What Argentine Tango Taught Me About Relationships
a celebrated traditional tango couple Osvaldo y Coco performing at a festival in Buenos Aires: notice the balance Tango is one of the most beautiful, elegant, and sensual dance of modern times...
Men'sHealth
Tales of Unforgettable Sex
Sex was uncommonly slow, graceful, and gradual, and seemed to last for hours. My mind was blown. My body was grateful. Who was this man? And why did he have so much stamina?
Nate confessed: A previous girlfriend had given him a book on Taoist sexuality, an ancient Chinese school of thought that views daily lovemaking as something to cultivate not only for enjoyment but also for mental and physical health. He said The Tao of Sexology: The Book of Infinite Wisdom had literally changed his life.
UTNE
The Quirkyalone: Celebrating Single Life
Don't feel bad for your deeply single friends who never seem to be in a relationship, they're not weird, they're just quirkyalones....
The Huffington Post
Twitter's Aspiring Micro-Celebrities
The rules of fame are being rewritten. Andy Warhol would be pleased. Forget fifteen minutes, now you can create a cult of yourself on Twitter and be in constant conversation with every fan....
The Huffington Post
Sasha Cagen
Sasha Cagen is the author of Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics and To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soulmate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us. She teaches people how to celebrate their own quirky selves and path in her online course Get Quirky....